Hahaha. a villager run over.. thing.. sstuff. well you get what i meant.
Alright.. How is the persian player playing? Is he building Tc's all over the map or staying in a generally confines of his base?.. nvm that. hit him with archers, and seige. Persia doesn't do so well in bronze, so make sure he can't boom. Persia's objective is to get to iron age and have war elephants that can outmaneuver you. And they get decent priests. Hit persia's wood. that is your objective. without wood, he can't spread and expand across the map.
I would put up many town centers once i bronzed, and start getting tons of food. and Farms. a lot. its won me quite a few games. Persia needs the same resources as any civ. priorities are on food and wood. without wood, one can't expand across the map and make farms. this is all based on the idea that the map is a large medium map size, where faster elephants are useful, and expansion is possible.
Use Chariot Archers in bronze, ok? as phoenician, you get those. very good. The bowman rush. Tool warfare. If there's water take advantage. build lots of boats, bcuz persia can't take the water until iron age. yes. iron age. thats when they get their super trimes, and you get your super catapult trimes. What I am saying is to not let it become a battle of attrition.Because Persia must expand or it will lose, and attrition is the perfect way for them to become a superpower. In Iron, you do get cheaper elephants. And persia gets faster elephants and should have a good economy going by that time. Speed is important, bcuz it lets persia outmanuever your elephants. They can go for important targets. ..
i just figured out that the above is too much on what i usually did with persia. and not how to counter it.
To counter: Rush. Crush everything in Persia. Attack wood and food. and farms. those are a big investment, and especially for persia, whos only economic bonus is hunting and while useful, is decent for rushing, is not going to let persia mass its great iron age. in fat, persias farms are WORSE and suffer de-bonuses.
What you should be building: I generally go pit first by gazelles/shore fish + 3-4 straggler trees. look for sweet spots (at this point, food by wood) and, if you get lucky, lure gaia elephants to yourr town center.
after this, tool rush or go massed chariot archers against persia, backed by stone throwers to destroy farms and town centers. in iron, if you successfully stopped their food or wood, you can make more eles yourself and have a slow lumbering army.
on the sea, persia sucks in bronze, which you might spend the longest time in.
Btw, i have come to a conclusion: if you can sift through my advice and pick out the correct aspects, that would be appreciated.
To stop persia, if his army sucks, just boom. with wheel, you will outdo his boom, and phoenicias better woodcutters and cheaper eles means a stronger iron than persia
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